Whites Recall the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham: We Didn t Know It Was History Until After It Happened - Couverture rigide

Gill, Sandra K.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 331947135X ISBN 13 : 9783319471358

Editeur : Springer International Publishing AG, 2016

Synopsis

This illuminating volume examines how the 1963 bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama developed as a trauma of culture. Throughout the book, Gill asks why the "four little girls" killed in the bombing became part of the nation's collective memory, while two black boys killed by whites on the same day were all but forgotten. Conducting interviews with classmates who attended a white school a few blocks from some of the most memorable events of the Civil Rights Movement, Gill discovers that the bombing of the church is central to interviewees' memories. Even the boy killed by Gill's own classmates often escapes recollection. She then considers these findings within the framework of the reception of memory and analyzes how white southerners reconstruct a difficult past.

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À propos de l?auteur

Sandra K. Gill is Associate Professor of Sociology at Gettysburg College, USA, where she teaches courses in social theory, gender, and qualitative methods. Her published works include articles on gender inequality, gender differences in personality, and autobiographical memory.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Springer International Publishing AG
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 331947135X
• ISBN 13: 9783319471358
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 128
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